(Denny Crane: "Every one should carry a gun strapped to their waist. We need more - not less guns.")
None of the 11 candidates have any real interest in rural, or Western, politics in Canada. All are really interested in the same urban, hip, progressive vote.
Memo to Steckle: maybe you should cross the floor to the Conservatives? Someone like you will NEVER win the leadership of today's Liberal Party.